1.0Historikertag 2021https://www.historikertag.de/Muenchen2021/en/Paul Ottinghttps://www.historikertag.de/Muenchen2021/en/author/otting/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3q3DkFhEOo"><a href="https://www.historikertag.de/Muenchen2021/en/sektionen/competitiveness-debates-from-british-imperialism-to-american-globalization-studies-on-british-american-and-german-declinism/">Competitiveness Debates from British Imperialism to American Globalization: Studies on British, American and German Declinism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.historikertag.de/Muenchen2021/en/sektionen/competitiveness-debates-from-british-imperialism-to-american-globalization-studies-on-british-american-and-german-declinism/embed/#?secret=3q3DkFhEOo" width="600" height="338" title="“Competitiveness Debates from British Imperialism to American Globalization: Studies on British, American and German Declinism” — Historikertag 2021" data-secret="3q3DkFhEOo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The panel historicizes competitiveness as a contested concept that has been used since early modern times to establish hierarchies among states and to set political priorities. Such conflicts had real political consequences because national security, sovereignty, reputation, and wealth were at stake. The panel puts into conversation intellectual history, historical semantics, and discourse analysis, and […]https://www.historikertag.de/Muenchen2021/wp-content/uploads/og-image-1.jpg1200630